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Monday, August 27, 2012

Fatal Shadows by Josh Lanyon

Book Description:

One sunny morning Los Angeles bookseller and aspiring mystery author Adrien English opens his front door to murder. His old high school buddy (and employee) has been found stabbed to death in a back alley following a loud and very public argument with Adrien the previous evening. Naturally the cops want to ask Adrien a few questions; they are none too impressed with his answers, and when a few hours later someone breaks into Adrien's shop and ransacks it, the law is inclined to think Adrien is trying to divert suspicion from himself. Adrien knows better. Adrien knows he is next on the killer's list.

When I wrote my answers for Sean's TMI about books, I read some of the other responses. One of the authors that kept popping up on those TMI,s and from suggestions from my readers, was Josh Lanyon, particularly his Adrien English series. I had recently read his book Fair Game and by coincidence had bought Fatal Shadows: The Adrien English Mystery Series, the first book in the Adrien English series. So the next logical step was to read it. Over the weekend I did in my moments of free time. I really enjoyed the book and now can't wait to read the other four. Josh Lannyon writes in an even, unpretentious, relaxed style. There is very good character development, ingenuity of plot, believability, dialogue, and pacing. Once you start reading it, you will find it difficult to put down.

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